Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
玄 牛 冖 ⿱牛
Mandarin
qian1, qian4
English
Definitions
lead along; drag; lead by hand; pull; to lead
Mnemonic
To lead 玄 (compare 率) an ox 牛 by a yoke (shown as 冖)